>>#98
If literally the only thing your song shares with the original is lyrics and chords, then it's not a cover, it's a fucking abomination. To be a real cover it has to have the same spirit and pursue the same effects. This is why when Mumford and Sons does a cover of The Boxer it's fucking fantastic, but when Disturbed does a cover of The Sound of Silence it's absolute shit. The Boxer has a big city feel and while M&S doesn't use the same instruments it pursues a similar feel, so while Paul Simon's version is still better imo they have similar merits. Disturbed deliberately ignores the fact that The Sound of Silence is not supposed to be a sad song, and instead they made it a depressing and emo mess.

This cover does the same thing. It does zilch to follow the tone of the original. It's just an adaptation of Guns N Roses for middle-aged moms and whiny teenagers.